Nothing is more frustrating than to see “Closed to Submissions” on market after market when you’ve got the Most Awesome Story Ever to submit. So, to help ease the pain, we’ve gathered a quick-reference list of some Horror markets that are open to submissions right now.

This isn’t an exhaustive list, but hopefully it is a handy one. And some of these got deadlines coming up quick, so if that Most Awesome Story is burning a hole in your pocket, you might want to hurry up.

Magazines – Pro

Black Static http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/

Clarksworld Magazine http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/

Dark Discoveries http://www.darkdiscoveries.com/info.html, until June 1

Pedestal Magazine http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitguidelines.php only bizarro fiction until June 14

Poe Little Thing http://www.nspbooks.com/ until Sept. 20

Shock Totem http://www.shocktotem.com/guidelines.html until June 1

Magazines – Semi-Pro

Aberrant Dreams http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/content/submission-guidelines

Arkham Tales http://arkhamtales.leucrotapress.com/?page_id=13

Brain Harvest http://www.brainharvestmag.com/submit/

Drabblecast http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Submission_Guidelines.html

New Genre http://www.new-genre.com/about/sub.html

Moonlight Tuber http://moonlighttuber.wordpress.com/

Pseudopod http://pseudopod.org/guidelines/

Shimmer http://www.shimmerzine.com/guidelines/fiction-guidelines/

Weird Tales http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/contact/submission-guidelines/ Closed to poetry

Anthologies

Mountain Magic http://www.brianjhatcher.com/mmguidelines.htm Until June 21

Rise of the Necromancers http://www.pillhillpress.com/writers-guidelines.html Until July 31

Tattered Souls 2 http://www.cuttingblock.net/submissions.html#tattered Until Oct 31

Fear of the Dark http://www.horrorbound.com/news.php?readmore=98 Until June 30

Dead Bait 2 http://severedpress.lefora.com/2010/03/23/dead-bait-2-open-for-sumissions/ Until July 1